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Read the newest Pioneers & Influencers article on Prof. Bob Morris in Organometallics!

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Interested in the latest research on mechanochemistry, but not sure where to start? We've got you covered! Discover what our Editorial Board members have published with us: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2025/05/2...

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We are excited to announce this year’s Chemical Science symposium, on the topic of imaging, biosensing and diagnostics!

Alongside celebrating 15 years of the journal, the winner of our first Lectureship will be presenting their research!

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Today is the day! Tune in as four incredible researchers from the US and Canada discuss their work on AI and Machine Learning in Chemistry, with each presentation followed by live Q&A.

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Join us April 14 for the RSC Americas Emerging Investigators webinar on AI/ML in Chemistry! Featuring talks from Jolene Reid (UBC), César de la Fuente (UPenn) @delafuentelab.bsky.social, Adji Bousso Dieng (Princeton) @adjiboussodieng.bsky.social, and Connor Coley (MIT)
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Join us April 14 for the RSC Americas Emerging Investigators webinar on AI/ML in Chemistry! Featuring talks from Jolene Reid (UBC), César de la Fuente (UPenn) @delafuentelab.bsky.social, Adji Bousso Dieng (Princeton) @adjiboussodieng.bsky.social, and Connor Coley (MIT)
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Thank you to everyone who joined the APS 2025 Living Soft Matter session supported by @softmatter.rsc.org!

Below are the speakers and chair: @chemhurst.bsky.social, Kyle Bishop, Alfred Crosby, Anđela Šarić, Qian Chen and @oasaleh.bsky.social

We look forward to seeing you at future events!

We're delighted to announce that Duncan Graham has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of ChemSocRev!

Check out the video below where Duncan talks about taking on the role of Editor-in-Chief and his ambitions for the journal.

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RSC Americas is hiring! Applications are accepted until 18 March for the Content Development Editor role based in Washington DC. This is an excellent opportunity to join an internationally renowned science organization on a great team supporting research and researchers in North America

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Follow all your favorite @rsc.org journals now on Bluesky! Let the posting begin! 🥳🧪 #chemsky go.bsky.app/QAaTTZ3

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Do you want to present your research to a global audience?

Then you should check out, #RSCPoster, which will happen on March 4th to 5th. Very excited to chair the #ChemBio part #RSCChemBio together with Lyn Jones and Ali Tavassoli.

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U.S. science funding agencies roll out policies on free access to journal articles NIH and DOE are first to act, with implementation by all set to begin by end of 2025

U.S. science funding agencies roll out policies on free access to journal articles
NIH and DOE are first to act, with implementation by all set to begin by end of 2025
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and for today... here is some previous cover art! I had to hide this in case of any infringements, but I was pretty proud of our take on an "NME" magazine cover. A fair bit of effort that I had to leave out 😅 A few easter-eggs for the #blink-182 #sum41 #theclash fans in the #chemsky community! 😃

Celebrating George Whitesides' 85th birthday - a cross-journal collection to mark this special occasion

The @roysocchem.bsky.social have published a special collection honoring Prof George Whiteshide for his 85th birthday and celebrating the profound impact on chemistry that he's had through his research, leadership and mentorship of generations of exceptional scientists! rsc.li/whitesides

The Influence of Silane Steric Bulk on the Formation and Dynamic Behavior of Silyl Palladium Hydrides Silanes play a versatile role in catalytic transformations, acting as hydride sources, transmetalation reagents, and starting materials in the synthesis of highly valued organosilicon compounds and polymers. Their use in catalysis with palladium is widespread, commonly proposed to proceed via oxidative addition of Si–H to Pd(0); however, little is known about this fundamental reaction. Here, we show that the formation of silyl palladium hydride complexes (dcpe)PdH(SiR3), which exist in equilibrium with starting materials [(μ-dcpe)Pd]2 (dcpe = dicyclohexyl(phosphino)ethane) and tertiary silanes HSiR3 in solution, is dependent on the steric profile of the silanes employed. A lower Keq is observed with increasing steric encumbrance at silicon, correlating well with each substituent’s Charton value, and van’t Hoff analyses show the reaction with sterically congested silanes to be less thermodynamically favorable. Variable temperature kinetics studies likewise reveal a preference for unhindered silanes as determined by Charton and Eyring analyses. On the other hand, the intramolecular ligand exchange of H/SiR3 on the formed complexes is unaffected by silane steric bulk. Together, the energetic parameters derived for each of these steps reveal that thermodynamic factors are primarily responsible for favoring (silyl)Pd(H) formation with less sterically bulky silanes. These results present the first systematic study on the role of silane steric effects in oxidative addition of Si–H to Pd(0) and help to inform organosilicon chemistry with late transition metals.

Shortly after, we published this less sprawling follow up article with our developed system. I really enjoyed this paper - published Editors Choice in Organometallics after acceptance with no revisions!!

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The mechanism of oxidative addition of Pd(0) to Si–H bonds: electronic effects, reaction mechanism, and hydrosilylation The oxidative addition of Pd to Si–H bonds is a crucial step in a variety of catalytic applications, and many aspects of this reaction are poorly understood. One important yet underexplored aspect is ...

Using the transition to Bluesky (and its incorporation into AltMetric scores) as an excuse to shamelessly self promote some work I did at Oregon. I put years and years into this project while helping start up the Amanda Cook Lab - read this beast of a paper in Chem Sci

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